Who Has the Most Wins at the Australian GP?

In about 10 days, the circus will travel to the land down under for the Australian GP. The 2024 Australian GP will be the 27th edition of the race on the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit built around the city’s Albert Park. Before that, the race was conducted on the street circuit in Adelaide as the penultimate race of the season for a decade from 1985 to 1995. However, since 1996, the venue and the race’s position in the calendar changed. Since 2019, the circuit also changed and has remained the same. The race was not conducted only on two occasions in 2020 and 2021 due to covid. So in Australian GP’s long and rich history with the circus, let’s look at who has the most wins on the circuit.

The 2023 Australian GP saw reigning world champion Max Verstappen secure pole position and win the race. The front row is the best starting position to secure a race win in Melbourne with 17 of the 26 races have been won from the front row. Except for the Red Bull man, four other current drivers have won the Australian GP namely: Fernando Alonso (2006), Lewis Hamilton (2008, 2015), Valtteri Bottas (2019), and Leclerc (2022). However, the man who holds the record for most Australian GP wins is Michael Schumacher.

The German legend won the race in Melbourne on four different occasions. All his wins came when he was driving for Ferrari. Coincidentally, his wins also came in the same years as his championship titles for Ferrari, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2004. The German couldn’t make it five in a row as he finished the 2003 Australian GP in P4 despite starting the race in pole position.

With his help and Charles Leclerc‘s in 2022, Ferrari’s overall race wins tally for the Australian GP is 10. They’re one behind McLaren in this tally as the Woking outfit holds the record for most wins in Australia by a constructor in the race’s 37-year-long history. The Papaya team last tasted victory in Melbourne in 2012.

Verstappen will go into the 38th edition of the race as the favorite. However, Ferrari would want to add to their tally with an aggressive upgrade package being prepared for the race. Moving away from expectations, let’s talk about more interesting facts about the race that we can keep in mind ahead of the race.

Australian GP: Stats and interesting records

Now that we’ve covered race winners, let’s look at some other interesting facts about the race that can add some value to the upcoming edition. For starters, let’s talk about race winners who made their Australian GP achievements unique.

First, we will talk about the latest achievement that we witnessed in the 2022 edition, thanks to Charles Leclerc. The Monegasque achieved the first-ever grand slam in the long Australian GP history. For the unaware, Grand Slam = pole position, winning the race while leading every lap and fastest lap.

Second on the list is Britain’s Eddie Irvine. In the year he finished runner-up in the championship, Irvine won the Australian GP from P11, adding another race win to Ferrari’s tally. His win made him a race winner in Australia from the lowest starting position.

Last but not least, Lewis Hamilton holds the record for most pole positions in Australian GP history. He achieved two for McLaren in 2008 and 2012. Then, for Mercedes, the Brit secured pole position in the Australian GP every year from 2014 to 2019, bringing his tally to 8.

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Well, there you have it folks, some facts to keep in mind ahead of the race in the land down under. Do you see any of these records being broken or matched in the upcoming edition?